LIC Housing Finance Ltd gained for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 530.7, up 0.32% on the day as on 12:39 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.64% on the day, quoting at 24694.55. The Sensex is at 80064.14, up 0.95%. LIC Housing Finance Ltd has gained around 2.97% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Financial Services index of which LIC Housing Finance Ltd is a constituent, has gained around 7.63% in last one month and is currently quoting at 26600.45, up 0.82% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 19.24 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 30.32 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark November futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 531.35, down 0.05% on the day. LIC Housing Finance Ltd is down 7.09% in last one year as compared to a 3.13% slide in NIFTY and a 1.54% slide in the Nifty Financial Services index.

The PE of the stock is 4.99 based on TTM earnings ending September 26.